Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction Among Physiotherapy Students Before and After "Women Health" Course

NCT ID: NCT03917615

Last Updated: 2019-07-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-04-08
• Study Completion Date: 2019-06-01

Brief Summary

The study aim is to evaluate the ability to correctly contract pelvic floor muscle among physiotherapy students before and after "women health" course. Pelvic floor muscle contraction will be evaluated via transabdominal ultrasound.

Detailed Description

Physiotherapy students during their studying in the physiotherapy Bachelor degree program will be examined. Students will be divided into 2 groups according to their year of studying (if they already studied "women health course or not implying 4th year students compared with 1-3 year level students). Each participant will be asked to contract the pelvic floor muscles.

The assessment of pelvic floor contraction will be measured by measuring bladder displacement via abdominal ultrasound. A curved linear array transducer will be placed in the transverse plane immediately suprapubically over the lower abdomen angled at 15-30 degrees from the vertical. Upward movement of the bladder during contraction will be marked as correct contraction. An on screen caliper and measurement tool will be used to measure bladder amount of bladder displacement.

Conditions

Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

after "women health" course

The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

pelvic floor contraction

Intervention Type: OTHER

Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function

before "women health" course

The participants will be instructed to contract the pelvic floor muscle

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

pelvic floor contraction

Intervention Type: OTHER

Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function

Interventions

pelvic floor contraction

Ultrasound examination will be performed to asses urinary bladder displacement being a marker for pelvic floor muscle function

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy students
• willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• has been treated before for pelvic floor rehabilitation
• active urinary tract infection
• pregnancy
• previous abdominal surgeries

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Haifa

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Gali Dar, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Haifa

Locations

Haifa University, Department of PHysical Therapy

Haifa, , Israel

Countries

Israel

References

Ben Ami N, Dar G. What is the most effective verbal instruction for correctly contracting the pelvic floor muscles? Neurourol Urodyn. 2018 Nov;37(8):2904-2910. doi: 10.1002/nau.23810. Epub 2018 Aug 28.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 30152550 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

123/19

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id